Total fertility rate by country, 2015

Children per woman. Below about 2.1, a population shrinks in the long run without immigration. Values are UN estimates.

◀▶2015

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2005
1	Niger	7.21	7.77
2	Somalia	6.97	7.53
3	Chad	6.71	7.13
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.44	6.53
5	Mali	6.38	6.71
6	Central African Republic	6.13	5.81
7	Angola	5.77	6.46
8	Burundi	5.70	6.71
9	Afghanistan	5.65	6.86
10	Nigeria	5.50	6.06
11	Burkina Faso	5.48	6.18
12	Benin	5.32	5.69
13	Uganda	5.25	6.53
14	Mozambique	5.24	5.50
15	Mauritania	5.21	5.38
16	United Republic of Tanzania	5.03	5.58
17	Gambia	5.00	5.71
18	Guinea	5.00	5.73
19	Côte d'Ivoire	4.97	5.50
20	Sudan	4.90	5.40
21	Cameroon	4.84	5.42
22	Zambia	4.78	5.70
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.77	5.56
24	Senegal	4.75	5.13
25	South Sudan	4.70	6.02
26	Mayotte	4.68	4.50
27	Guinea-Bissau	4.66	5.46
28	Togo	4.66	5.04
29	Yemen	4.62	5.56
30	Congo	4.61	4.67
31	Sierra Leone	4.55	5.81
32	Ethiopia	4.53	6.19
33	Liberia	4.52	5.52
34	Comoros	4.42	5.01
35	Malawi	4.38	5.85
36	Sao Tome and Principe	4.35	4.94
37	Samoa	4.34	4.32
38	Madagascar	4.33	5.20
39	Solomon Islands	4.29	4.41
40	Eritrea	4.22	4.93
41	Rwanda	4.11	5.50
42	Iraq	4.08	4.45
43	Nauru	4.08	3.38
44	Pakistan	3.99	4.59
45	Ghana	3.98	4.50
46	State of Palestine	3.98	4.87
47	Vanuatu	3.95	4.13
48	Gabon	3.92	4.21
49	Zimbabwe	3.91	3.69
50	Timor-Leste	3.78	5.61
51	Kenya	3.77	4.80
52	Namibia	3.60	3.57
53	Papua New Guinea	3.56	4.22
54	French Guiana	3.55	3.78
55	Tonga	3.54	4.20
56	Egypt	3.50	3.25
57	Tajikistan	3.46	3.40
58	Kiribati	3.44	3.76
59	Tuvalu	3.31	3.55
60	Lesotho	3.22	3.43
61	Kyrgyzstan	3.21	2.64
62	Jordan	3.14	3.65
63	Marshall Islands	3.13	4.28
64	Northern Mariana Islands	3.13	2.26
65	Eswatini	3.12	3.70
66	Haiti	3.11	3.84
67	Algeria	3.09	2.56
68	Israel	3.09	2.79
69	Syrian Arab Republic	3.07	3.61
70	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	3.05	3.59
71	Djibouti	3.04	4.04
72	Guatemala	3.03	3.97
73	Turkmenistan	3.03	2.71
74	Botswana	3.01	3.08
75	Mongolia	3.01	1.99
76	Oman	2.97	3.03
77	Guam	2.93	2.64
78	Tokelau	2.92	3.44
79	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.89	3.56
80	Niue	2.88	2.96
81	Philippines	2.83	3.45
82	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.80	3.68
83	American Samoa	2.78	3.86
84	Kazakhstan	2.76	2.27
85	Honduras	2.75	3.58
86	Cambodia	2.73	3.24
87	Libya	2.71	2.76
88	Guyana	2.67	2.65
89	Saint Martin (French part)	2.66	2.78
90	Paraguay	2.65	2.97
91	Saudi Arabia	2.63	3.16
92	Uzbekistan	2.58	2.44
93	Suriname	2.57	2.71
94	Fiji	2.57	2.92
95	Panama	2.53	2.64
96	Monaco	2.50	2.01
97	Dominican Republic	2.43	2.57
98	Nicaragua	2.43	2.76
99	Belize	2.43	3.17
100	Faroe Islands	2.42	2.63
101	Western Sahara	2.42	2.89
102	Morocco	2.41	2.61
103	Lebanon	2.38	2.29
104	South Africa	2.36	2.51
105	Argentina	2.35	2.43
106	Indonesia	2.35	2.45
107	Tunisia	2.31	1.95
108	India	2.29	2.96
109	Nepal	2.27	3.12
110	Myanmar	2.27	2.51
111	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.25	2.63
112	Réunion	2.24	2.49
113	Bangladesh	2.23	2.85
114	Peru	2.23	2.64
115	Seychelles	2.22	2.18
116	United States Virgin Islands	2.22	2.42
117	Ecuador	2.21	2.80
118	Cook Islands	2.21	2.81
119	Georgia	2.21	1.58
120	Guadeloupe	2.18	2.30
121	Türkiye	2.16	2.20
122	Mexico	2.14	2.49
123	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.13	2.07
124	Bahrain	2.11	2.67
125	Viet Nam	2.10	1.89
126	Azerbaijan	2.09	1.98
127	Sri Lanka	2.09	2.26
128	Greenland	2.08	2.34
129	New Caledonia	2.08	2.23
130	El Salvador	2.07	2.44
131	Gibraltar	2.07	1.75
132	Uruguay	2.04	2.10
133	Kuwait	2.03	2.73
134	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2.02	1.76
135	Malaysia	2.01	2.39
136	Palau	2.00	2.02
137	Maldives	2.00	2.20
138	Qatar	1.98	2.63
139	New Zealand	1.98	1.96
140	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.97	2.07
141	Cabo Verde	1.97	2.73
142	Martinique	1.97	1.94
143	Brunei Darussalam	1.95	2.02
144	France	1.93	1.92
145	Aruba	1.90	1.84
146	Curaçao	1.90	2.04
147	Republic of Moldova	1.87	1.53
148	French Polynesia	1.87	2.18
149	Ireland	1.86	1.87
150	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.86	1.87
151	Sweden	1.85	1.77
152	Bhutan	1.84	2.73
153	United States of America	1.83	2.04
154	Iceland	1.81	2.05
155	United Kingdom	1.80	1.76
156	Australia	1.80	1.85
157	Costa Rica	1.80	2.04
158	Russian Federation	1.79	1.30
159	Brazil	1.78	1.94
160	Colombia	1.77	2.31
161	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.76	2.62
162	Montenegro	1.76	1.70
163	North Macedonia	1.76	1.47
164	Isle of Man	1.75	1.86
165	Chile	1.74	1.82
166	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.73	1.71
167	Norway	1.73	1.84
168	Barbados	1.73	1.74
169	Belarus	1.73	1.22
170	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.72	2.11
171	Grenada	1.71	2.24
172	Denmark	1.71	1.80
173	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.71	1.57
174	Latvia	1.71	1.39
175	Lithuania	1.71	1.29
176	Saint Helena	1.70	1.59
177	Cuba	1.69	1.49
178	Belgium	1.69	1.75
179	China	1.67	1.62
180	Netherlands	1.66	1.71
181	Dominica	1.65	2.00
182	Finland	1.65	1.80
183	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.64	1.93
184	Albania	1.63	1.79
185	Armenia	1.62	1.49
186	Romania	1.62	1.39
187	Canada	1.60	1.57
188	Trinidad and Tobago	1.60	1.62
189	Czechia	1.59	1.28
190	Estonia	1.58	1.51
191	Slovenia	1.58	1.26
192	Antigua and Barbuda	1.57	1.83
193	Bahamas	1.57	2.01
194	Switzerland	1.54	1.42
195	Bulgaria	1.53	1.36
196	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.52	1.95
197	Jersey	1.51	1.43
198	Jamaica	1.51	2.15
199	Montserrat	1.51	1.61
200	Germany	1.50	1.34
201	Austria	1.49	1.41
202	Guernsey	1.47	1.49
203	Saint Lucia	1.47	1.81
204	Serbia	1.46	1.34
205	Luxembourg	1.46	1.63
206	Thailand	1.45	1.64
207	Hungary	1.45	1.31
208	Bermuda	1.44	1.78
209	Liechtenstein	1.43	1.49
210	United Arab Emirates	1.42	2.23
211	Japan	1.42	1.25
212	Croatia	1.40	1.51
213	Slovakia	1.40	1.26
214	Anguilla	1.39	1.53
215	Ukraine	1.39	1.22
216	Malta	1.38	1.38
217	Puerto Rico	1.35	1.84
218	Italy	1.34	1.33
219	Greece	1.33	1.36
220	Spain	1.33	1.33
221	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.32	1.61
222	Cyprus	1.32	1.48
223	Poland	1.32	1.24
224	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.32	1.20
225	Mauritius	1.32	1.82
226	Portugal	1.30	1.41
227	Cayman Islands	1.27	1.66
228	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.23	0.96
229	Andorra	1.22	1.22
230	San Marino	1.20	1.20
231	Republic of Korea	1.20	1.12
232	British Virgin Islands	1.19	1.34
233	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.18	1.13
234	China, Macao SAR	1.14	0.86
235	Saint Barthélemy	1.05	1.49
236	Holy See	1.00	1.00
237	Singapore	0.98	1.07

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.